Calvin Harris hits back after being called 'the world's most lavishly rewarded space bar-presser'

10:08, 24 Nov 2014

Updated 10:09, 24 Nov 2014

ByScotland Now

THE Scots DJ took to Twitter to hit back at a critical article by The Times of the Scottish star's new release Motion which gave it two stars.

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SCOTS DJ Calvin Harris has taken to Twitter to hit back at media critics after getting a bad review of his new album.

His social media meltdown follows a critical article by The Times of the Scottish star's new release Motion which gave it two stars and blasted it as "Calvin Harris: the world's most lavishly rewarded space bar-presser."

But Harris took to Twitter to fire off his own broadside claiming they failed to mention he was the "sole writer and producer of ****loads of hit records ...but i understand not convenient to mention this."

.@thetimes *and sole writer and producer of shitloads of hit records ...but i understand not convenient to mention this

"Just wrote music loved it produced it mixed it for 15 years and now I get to work with the best singers/writers in the world...I'm lucky. "If you write produce sing dj whatever and you feel isolated or like you can't get thru the door, have hope it really is possible I promise u."

Fans were quick to back Harris.

"It seems that most critics are the ones with no talent at all and take pleasure in putting others' work down. Poor them. Haha," said one follower, which was typical of many comments posted.

Earlier this month Harris withdrew from the MTV European Music Awards in Glasgow because of illness.

On Twitter, the 30-year-old DJ is reported to have said: "No EMAs for me this weekend. Got some heart problems. Heading home to see if it can be fixed x."

In August, Forbes said Harris made £39.6mm last year, a jump of £12.02m from the previous year that further cements his status as the world's highest-paid dance artist.

Harris has produced a string of solo hits, beginning in 2007 with pure pop tracks such as Acceptable in the 80s and The Girls, before using an increasingly epic dance style, which culminated this year with his first US top 10 hit Summer.

Last year he became the first artist to have nine UK top 10 hits from the same album. He has also produced hits for Rihanna and one-time girlfriend Rita Ora - who he recently blocked from performing a track they wrote together at the Teen Choice awards.